Sympathetic Eye - Kikōkangan

Japanese: 起交感眼 - きこうかんがん
Sympathetic Eye - Kikōkangan

...Behcet's disease and Harada's disease are known to be uveitis with different incidence rates between races, and are highly prevalent in Japan.
[sympathetic ophthalmia]
Bilateral uveitis occurs after a penetrating injury to one eye (sympathetic eye) and the other eye (subsympathetic eye). It is caused by an allergic reaction to the uvea as a result of injury to the uvea.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kikokangan" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…なおベーチェット病と原田病は,人種間で発症頻度の異なるぶどう膜炎として知られ,日本では高率にみられる疾患である。
[交感性眼炎sympathetic ophthalmia]
 片方の眼に穿孔(せんこう)性の外傷をうけたあと(起交感眼),他眼(被交感眼)とともに発症する両眼性ぶどう膜炎。とくにぶどう膜に対する損傷の結果,ぶどう膜を抗原とするアレルギー反応が原因で起こる。…

※「起交感眼」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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